| 1 | The State Administration Appropriations Committee recommends the |
| 2 | following: |
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| 4 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 5 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 6 | A bill to be entitled |
| 7 | An act relating to children's services; amending s. |
| 8 | 409.1671, F.S.; providing an exemption for service |
| 9 | providers from including certain identifying information |
| 10 | on certain contracts and written documents; amending s. |
| 11 | 409.2558, F.S.; requiring the Department of Revenue to |
| 12 | make efforts to locate persons to whom collections or |
| 13 | refunds are owed prior to determining a collection or |
| 14 | refund to be undistributable; providing for disclosure of |
| 15 | information on the Internet; providing for protection of |
| 16 | the privacy of persons named in the database; providing an |
| 17 | effective date. |
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| 19 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 21 | Section 1. Subsection (11) is added to section 409.1671, |
| 22 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 23 | 409.1671 Foster care and related services; |
| 24 | privatization.-- |
| 25 | (11) A lead community-based provider and its |
| 26 | subcontractors are exempt from including in written contracts |
| 27 | and other written documents the statement "sponsored by the |
| 28 | State of Florida" or the logo of the Department of Children and |
| 29 | Family Services, otherwise required in s. 286.25, unless the |
| 30 | provider or subcontractor receives more than 35 percent of its |
| 31 | total funding from the state. |
| 32 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
| 33 | 409.2558, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 34 | 409.2558 Support distribution and disbursement.-- |
| 35 | (2) UNDISTRIBUTABLE COLLECTIONS.-- |
| 36 | (a) The department shall establish by rule the method for |
| 37 | determining a collection or refund to a noncustodial parent to |
| 38 | be undistributable to the final intended recipient. Before |
| 39 | determining a collection or refund to be undistributable, the |
| 40 | department shall make reasonable efforts to locate persons to |
| 41 | whom collections or refunds are owed so that payment can be |
| 42 | made. Location efforts may include disclosure through a |
| 43 | searchable database of the names of obligees, obligors, and |
| 44 | depository account numbers on the Internet employing appropriate |
| 45 | safeguards to protect the privacy of the persons named in the |
| 46 | database. |
| 47 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |